ABC News: “I got a lot of hate mail,” Sam Mostyn on becoming the first female AFL Commissioner

ABC News: “I got a lot of hate mail,” Sam Mostyn on becoming the first female AFL Commissioner

ABC News: “I got a lot of hate mail,” Sam Mostyn on becoming the first female AFL Commissioner 1401 788 Risky Women

Sam Mostyn is a trailblazer. The non-executive director was the first female AFL commissioner and was crucial in bringing about the AFLW.

But the response when she first got the role wasn’t quite as positive as she expected, receiving hate mail and being told her appointment hurt women.

She now sits on the boards of numerous companies and organisations, and speaks with Kurt Fearnley about the importance of diversity in leadership, and how COVID-19 will change the way we measure success in the future.

Podcast | S1E2 Taking a Few Risks: Sam Mostyn 1001 665 Risky Women

Podcast | S1E2 Taking a Few Risks: Sam Mostyn

Sam Mostyn says the more risks she took the luckier she got! Hear more about the role risk has played in her extraordinary career spanning the realms of government, private sector and sports administration (first female appointed to the Australian Football League Commission).

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